5% dextrose. Now let me see, that'll expand the intravascular space, but then, oh yes, it'll go into the interstital space and then acrosss cell membranes into the cells. So of our two litres infused we'll have expanded the intravascular compartment by 100mls. So to correct his 1000ml blood loss using 5% dextrose we'd need 20 litres 5% dextrose. Think you can get all that in within the golden hour? Mind you, the pulmonary oedema might kill him before then.

Guess again